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Lexicon :: Strong's G1656 - eleos

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ἔλεος
Transliteration
eleos (Key)
Pronunciation
el'-eh-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:477,222

Trench's Synonyms: xlvii. χάρις, ἔλεος.
cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

ἔλεος éleos, el'-eh-os; of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially active):—(+ tender) mercy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G1656 in the following manner: mercy (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G1656 in the following manner: mercy (28x).

  1. mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them

    1. of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful

    2. of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ

    3. the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔλεος éleos, el'-eh-os; of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially active):—(+ tender) mercy.
STRONGS G1656:
ἔλεος, -ου, ὁ, mercy: that of God toward sinners, Titus 3:5; ἔλεον λαμβάνειν, to receive i. e. experience, Hebrews 4:16; that of men: readiness to help those in trouble, Matthew 9:13 and Matthew 12:7 (from Hosea 6:6); Matthew 23:23. But in all these passages L T Tr WH have adopted the neuter form τὸ ἔλεος (which see), much more common in Hellenistic writings than the masculine ὁ ἔλεος, which is the only form in classic Greek [Sophocles (Lexicon, under the word) notes τὸ ἔλ. in Polybius 1, 88, 2; and Pape in Diodorus Siculus 3, 18 variant]. The Greek manuscripts of the O. T. also frequently waver between the two forms. Cf. [WHs Appendix, p. 158]; Winers Grammar, 66 (64); Buttmann, 22 (20).

ἔλεος, -ους, τό (a form more common in Hellenistic Greek than the classic ὁ ἔλεος, which see), mercy; kindness or good will toward the miserable and afflicted, joined with a desire to relieve them;
1. of men toward men: Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7; Matthew 23:23 (in these three passages, accusatives to L T Tr WH); James 2:13; James 3:17; ποιεῖν ἔλεος, to exercise the virtue of mercy, show oneself merciful, James 2:13; with the addition of μετά τίνος (in imitation of the very common Hebrew phrase עָשָׂה חֶסֶר עִם פ״ Genesis 21:23; Genesis 24:12; Judges 1:24, etc.; cf. Thiersch, De Pentateuchi vers. Alex., p. 147; [Winer's Grammar, 33 (32); 376 (353)]), to show, afford, mercy to one, Luke 10:37.
2. of God towards men;
a. universally: Luke 1:50; in benedictions: Galatians 6:16; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; [(probably) Titus 1:4 R L]; 2 John 1:3; Jude 1:2. ἐμεγάλυνε κύριος τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτῆς, magnified his mercy toward her, i. e. showed distinguished mercy to her (after the Hebrew, see Genesis 19:19), Luke 1:58.
b. especially the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ: Luke 1:54; Romans 15:9; Ephesians 2:4; [Titus 3:5 L T Tr WH; Hebrews 4:16 L T Tr WH]; 1 Peter 1:3; σπλάγχνα ἐλέους (the genitive of quality [cf. Winers Grammar, 611 (568)]), wherein mercy dwells,—as we should say, the heart of mercy, Luke 1:78; ποιεῖν ἔλεος μετά τινος (see 1 above), Luke 1:72; σκεύη ἐλέους, vessels (fitted for the reception) of mercy, i. e. men whom God has made fit to obtain salvation through Christ, Romans 9:23; τῷ ὑμετέρῳ έλέει, by (in consequence of, moved by) the mercy shown you in your conversion to Christ, Romans 11:31 [cf. Winers Grammar, § 22, 7 (cf. § 61, 3 a.); Buttmann, 157 (137)].
3. the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life: Jude 1:21; [2 Timothy 1:16, 18 (on the repetition of κύριος in 2 Timothy 1:18 cf. Genesis 19:24; 1 Samuel 3:21; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Chronicles 7:2; Genesis 1:27, etc. Winer's Grammar, § 22, 2); but Prof. Grimm understands κύριος here as referring to God; see κύριος, c. α.]. [Cf. Trench, § xlvii.; and see ἐλεέω at the end.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:27; 19:19; 19:24; 21:23; 24:12
Judges
1:24
1 Samuel
3:21; 15:22
2 Chronicles
7:2
Hosea
6:6
Matthew
9:13; 9:13; 12:7; 12:7; 23:23; 23:23
Luke
1:50; 1:54; 1:58; 1:72; 1:78; 10:37
Romans
9:23; 11:31; 15:9
Galatians
6:16
Ephesians
2:4
1 Timothy
1:2
2 Timothy
1:2; 1:16; 1:18; 1:18
Titus
1:4; 3:5; 3:5
Hebrews
4:16; 4:16
James
2:13; 2:13; 3:17
1 Peter
1:3
2 John
1:3
Jude
1:2; 1:21

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Strong's Number G1656 matches the Greek ἔλεος (eleos),
which occurs 235 times in 226 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 19:19–2Ch 6:42)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live,—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraam, prosper my way before me to day, and deal mercifully with my master Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Incline thy water-pot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done drinking—even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will draw water for thy camels, this shall be the wife whom the Lord has prepared for his own servant Isaac; and hereby shall I know that thou hast wrought mercy with my master Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - If then ye will deal mercifully and justly with my lord, tell me, and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy upon him; and he gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - But remember me of thyself, when it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this dungeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands of them, and on them that keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - and keeping justice and mercy for thousands, taking away iniquity, and unrighteousness, and sins; and he will not clear the guilty; bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and to the children's children, to the third and fourth generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favour with thee, that I may not see my affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - Forgive this people their sin according to thy great mercy, as thou wast favourable to them from Egypt until now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - and doing mercifully to [fn]thousands of them that love me, and that keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - Thou shalt know therefore, that the Lord thy God, he is God, a faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him, and for those that keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:12 - And it shall come to pass when ye shall have heard these ordinances, and shall have kept and done them, that the Lord thy God shall keep for thee the covenant and the mercy, which he sware to your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - (LXX 13:18) And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and [fn]shew thee mercy, and pity thee, and multiply thee, as he sware to thy fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12 - And now swear to me by the Lord God; since I deal mercifully with you, so do ye also deal mercifully with the house of my father:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:14 - And the men said to her, Our life for yours even to death: and she said, When the Lord shall have delivered the city to you, ye shall deal mercifully and truly with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For it was of the Lord to [fn]harden their hearts to go forth to war against Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that mercy should not be granted to them, but that they should be utterly destroyed, as the Lord said to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Shew us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did [fn]to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - And Noemin said to her daughters-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - And Noemin said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of the Lord, because he has not failed in his mercy with the living and with the dead: and Noemin said to her, The man is near akin to us, he is one of our relations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - And Booz said, Blessed be thou of the Lord God, my daughter, for thou hast made thy latter kindness greater than the former, in that thou followest not after young men, whether any be poor or rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put thee with them; for thou dealedst mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed from the midst of Amalec.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - And thou shalt deal mercifully with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thyself: and if there is iniquity in thy servant, slay me thyself; but why dost thou thus bring me to thy father?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:14 - And if indeed [fn]I continue to live, then shalt thou deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:15 - thou shalt not withdraw thy mercy from my house for ever: and [fn]if thou doest not, when the Lord cuts off the enemies of David each from the face of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - And David sent messengers to the rulers of Jabis of the country of Galaad, and David said to them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, because ye have wrought this mercy toward your lord, even toward Saul the anointed of the Lord, and ye have buried him and Jonathan his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:6 - And now may the Lord deal in mercy and truth towards you: and I also will requite towards you this good deed, because ye have done this.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - And Abenner was very angry with Jebosthe for this saying; and Abenner said to him, Am I a dog's head? I have this day wrought kindness with the house of Saul thy father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and dost thou this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:15 - But my mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from my presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 - And David said, Is there yet any one left in the house of Saul, that I may deal kindly with him for Jonathan's sake?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - And the king said, Is there yet a man left of the house of Saul, that I may act towards him with the mercy of God? and Siba said to the king, There is yet a son of Jonathan, lame of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - And David said to him, Fear not, for I will surely deal mercifully with thee for the sake of Jonathan thy father, and I will restore to thee all the land of Saul the father of thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - And David said, I will shew mercy to Annon the son of Naas, as his father dealt mercifully with me. And David sent to comfort him concerning his father by the hand of his servants; and the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - [fn]Whereas thou camest yesterday, shall I to-day cause thee to travel with us, and shalt thou thus change thy place? thou didst come forth yesterday, and to-day shall I set thee in motion to go along with us? I indeed will go whithersoever I may go: return then, and cause thy brethren to return with thee, and may the Lord deal mercifully and truly with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17 - And Abessalom said to Chusi, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not forth with thy friend?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:51

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:51 - He magnifies the [fn]salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - But thou shalt deal kindly with the sons of Berzelli the Galaadite, and they shall be among those that eat at thy table; for thus they drew nigh to me when I fled from the face of thy brother Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - And Solomon said, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with thy servant David my father according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, to [fn]set his son upon his throne, [fn]as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with thy servant who walks before thee with all his heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - (LXX 21:31) And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are [fn]merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:34 - Give thanks to the Lord, for it is good, for his mercy is for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - And with him were Æman and Idithun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:13 - I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and my mercy will I not withdraw from him, as I withdrew it from them that were before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - And David said, I will act kindly toward Anan the son of Naas, as his father acted kindly towards me. And David sent messengers to condole with him on the death of his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Anan, to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 - And Solomon said to God, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with my father David, and hast made me king in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - And there was one voice in the trumpeting and in the psalm-singing, and in the loud utterance with one voice to give thanks and praise the Lord; and when they raised their voice together with trumpets and cymbals, and instruments of music, and said, Give thanks to the Lord, for it is good, for his mercy endures for ever:—then the house was filled with the cloud of the glory of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:14 - and said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven, or on the earth; keeping covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with their whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:42

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:42 - O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of thy servant David.

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